The Effectiveness of Developmental Group Counseling on Depression Indicators from the Perspective of Quran and Depression (Beck) in Women

Nowadays, due to the increasing growth of behavioral disorders in the field of psychology, the need to scientifically explore comprehensive and convincing theories that help more and more specialists in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders, seems more than necessary. In this regard, the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of growing group counseling on depression from the perspective of the Qur'an and depression (Beck) in women. For this purpose, in a quasi-experimental study of pre-test-post-test with a control group of 30 married women aged 30 to 40 years who had primary school children in Tehran's 14th education district, randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Experiment and control were placed (15 in the experimental group and 15 in the control group). At the beginning and end of the study, the groups completed a questionnaire on depression from the perspective of the Qur'an ((Fayyaz, Sarmast, Bahrami Ehsan and Okhovat, 2015)and depression (Beck, 1996). Then, the experimental group underwent growth-oriented group counseling based on depressive indicators from the perspective of the Holy Quran for three months (12 sessions of 90 minutes). The results of analysis of covariance showed that the mean scores of depression (in both scales) as well as subscales of Quranic depression in the experimental group, in the post-test phase decreased significantly compared to the control group (p <0.0001). Significance of this effect on the experimental group was maintained in the quarterly follow-up phase. Thus, based on the above findings, it can be said that the development of group counseling based on the Holy Quran, all of which ultimately promote the level of growth and individual spirituality, can have positive and significant effects on mental health indicators such as depression and mood disorders.